Position Available
Physical Oceanographer
British Antarctic Survey
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Application deadline: 5 July 2020
For more information and to apply, go to:
https://www.bas.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy/physical-oceanographer-5/
For questions, contact:
Email: employment [at] bas.ac.uk
The British Antarctic Survey invites applications for a physical oceanographer. This full-time, 36-month position will be located in Cambridge, United Kingdom, with the possibility for up to six months in Antarctica in the first two years of the post.
Duties of this position include:
- Participate in fieldwork to deploy and recover underwater gliders in the Weddell Sea during late 2020 and 2021,
- Quality control the physical oceanography data from these deployments and deliver time series of mixed layer depths and dissipation rates,
- Analyze data from both the Southern Ocean Carbon and Heat Impact on Climate (SO-CHIC) and the Ocean Regulation of Climate by Heat and Carbon sequestration and Transports (ORCHESTRA) projects to understand both the processes driving mixed layer development and associated water mass transformations;
- Attend SO-CHIC/ORCHESTRA project meetings and engage with associated project partners to deliver the project objectives, and
- Lead high-quality publications resulting from the projects.
Applicants must have a PhD in ocean/climate dynamics/physics/mathematics, or equivalent experience. Applicants should also have a strong mathematical background and a track record of interpreting and analyzing observational polar oceanographic datasets; previous experience in quality control, data analysis, and publishing of observational physical oceanography datasets (ideally, though not necessarily from ocean gliders); and experience with handling microstructure data of ocean mixing would be a strong advantage.
Direct experience with ocean glider data and analysis of Southern Ocean or Weddell Sea observations would be considered a significant advantage.
Application deadline: 5 July 2020
For more information and to apply, go to:
https://www.bas.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy/physical-oceanographer-5/
For questions, contact:
Email: employment [at] bas.ac.uk